Murfreesboro Back Pain Relief Includes Self-Management
“Just give me something to stop the pain.” or “Just do something so I don’t hurt.” are just two comments Most Chiropractic Clinic and fellow back pain healthcare practitioners hear all the time. When in pain, we all just want it to stop in the least effort required and fastest way possible. This is not always possible though. We all have to look at our pain and make friends with it to some extent. We have to see it for what it is. Temporary. Unwelcome. Disruptive. But manageable many times when engaged. Most Chiropractic Clinic encourages our Murfreesboro back pain patients and neck pain patients to take part in their back pain relief process. It makes a difference. It may perhaps even change your life for the better. Many Murfreesboro chiropractic patients have experienced this.
SELF-MANAGEMENT BENEFITS
Remarkably up to 25% of back pain patients in a new study weren’t actively engaged in their spine care treatment plan. Research is ripe with studies highlighting the significance of patient-involvement in treatment of spine pain. What kept such patients participating? In researcher-ease, environmental context and resources, emotion, memory/attention/decision-making, and behavioural regulation did. Knowing that these things were the interfering offending factors that interfered with patients’ participation in their own care, researchers made a special plan to deal with these issues and improve the patients’ understanding and participation via text reminders, exercises, lifestyle changes, webinars, videos, paper educational materials and more. (1) One study found that a mix of approaches to lessen disability and work absenteeism was cost effective though no one certain intervention stood out over others. (2) Like these researchers, Most Chiropractic Clinic tries to do anything possible to help our Murfreesboro back pain and neck pain patients!
SPINE EXERCISES AND EMS
This may be a unique helpful intervention for certain patients: whole-body electromyostimulation. It decreased nonspecific chronic low back pain equally as well as back-strengthening exercise protocols. When fear of movement and functional limitations due to back pain play a role, whole body electrical stimulation improved patients’ strength and stabilization in good time, decreasing pain intensity and enhancing trunk flexors. (3) Most Chiropractic Clinic shares such options to help our patients.
SELF-MANAGEMENT APP
Ever heard the saying “There is an app for that!”? Most Chiropractic Clinic is positive you have! Not surprising45 in today’s app-crazy world that there is an app in development to help you keep track of self-management tasks like exercise, sleep, etc. For the “selfBACK” app, researchers are currently collecting data on the effectiveness of various interventions at baseline, 6 weeks, 3, 6, and 9 months for nonspecific low back pain. From this data collection, researchers plan to fill the app with tips and exercises that have worked for others experiencing similar issues. Each patient’s app will then be customized for self-management of back pain and other musculoskeletal issues based on what others with similar conditions found helpful and relieving. (4) Most Chiropractic Clinic looks forward to saying “There's an app for that!" Most Chiropractic Clinic knows that some of our Murfreesboro back pain patients will love this!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Jack Stern on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he outlines how back pain patients can best help themselves to optimal back pain relief.
Schedule a Murfreesboro chiropractic appointment soon to start with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management at Most Chiropractic Clinic. Be ready to be involved in your back pain treatment plan for back pain relief. You will be pleasantly surprised that the pill or “something” wasn’t available once you are feeling better regarding back pain relief and mental happiness that you were an active part of the relief process.
